Magellan Financial Group's (MFG) deputy investment officer Dominico Giuliano recently made statements in the media about the need for accurate climate risk disclosure. At its annual general meeting (AGM) today, however, the company seemed to think that climate change...
Oil Search assets – eroded under 2 degrees
11 May 2018 At the Oil Search annual general meeting today chairman Richard Lee assured shareholders that Oil Search’s assets were safe under 2 degrees of global warming. Speaking about the company’s 2017 Climate Change Resilience Report he explained ‘the analysis...
Caltex proves fossil fuels are incompatible with 2 degrees
Caltex CEO Julian Segal made a perfect case for ditching the company’s fossil fuel-reliant business model yesterday at the company’s Annual General Meeting when he said: “If we were to put a target to reduce emissions by 50%, that would mean closing the refinery at...
Fierce opposition to Narrabri gas project
[cs_element_section _id="1" ][cs_element_row _id="2" ][cs_element_column _id="3" ]3 May 2018 Gomeroi traditional owners and farmers from Narrabri made it very clear today at Santos’ annual general meeting (AGM) that they do not want...
Woodside say they have “no stranded assets”
19 April 2018 "We don’t believe that we have stranded assets," said Woodside chairman Michael Chaney when asked about the oil and gas company’s new Scarborough gas field at today’s AGM. Watch the response here: This directly contradicts the findings of UK think tank...
Another year, another $1m in political donations from fossil fuel companies
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AWE & Horizon oil- flying blind
24 November 2017 We found out today at their respective annual general meetings that both AWE and Horizon Oil do not classify climate risk as a material business risk, despite both companies' business models relying on continued fossil fuel exploration and production....
Beach Energy: leaking mercury
23 November 2017 In response to shareholder questioning at today's Beach Energy AGM in Adelaide, the company's board confirmed it would consider adopting the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations by the end of 2018, noting that...
Armour Energy on climate change: “We can’t comment on that”
Oil and gas exploration and production company Armour Energy today failed to define climate change as a material risk to its business, and refused to commit to implementing recommendations made by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The...
Shareholders concerned about LNG Limited’s attitude
[cs_element_section _id="1"][cs_element_row _id="2"][cs_element_column _id="3"]17 November 2017 Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd. does not regard climate change as a material risk to business. As the globe begins a...